Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Prologue; Summer 1961; Meeting Monroe: June-July 1961; Bean Blossom: 1961; House Band: July-August 1961; Meeting the Audience: July 1961; Playing the Five: 1953-June 1961; Letters to Home: August 1961; Meeting the Regulars: August 1961; Bloomington: July-August 1961; Fall 1961; Monroe Again: September 1961; Autumn Work: September-October 1961; Stepping Up: October 1961; Connections: October 1961; White House Blues: October 1961; End of the Season: November 1961; Cannonball Blues: December 1961; Spring 1962

Meeting Marvin Hedrick: January-June 1962College Kids: March-May 1962; Summer 1962; Back to the Jamboree: July-August 1962; Folk in Bloomington: July-September 1962; Fall 1962; Mocking Bird Hill: September 1962; Folk and Country: October 1962; College Folk, Bluegrass, Banjo Necks: November 1962; Spring 1963; On the Road: January-March 1963; Spring Pickin': April 1963; Reno & Smiley: April 1963; Stonemans, Banjo Contest: May 1963; Summer 1963; Meeting Ralph Rinzler: June 1963; Ralph Fires Birch: June 1963; A Business Model: June-July 1963; Bobby Hits the Barn: June 1963

Two Country Sundays: July 1963Conversations with Ralph: July 1963; Week 6 and the Letter: July-August 1963; Mandolin Sunday: August 1963; Berkeley Bluegrass: August-September 1963; Marvin Takes Over: August-September 1963; Fall 1963; Back to the Barn: September 1963; Monroe Day: September-October 1963; Bluegrass HQ: October-November 1963; Bean Blossom Hop: November 1963; Last Report to Ralph: November-December 1963; After the Jamboree: 1964-1967; Afterword; Recordings, Notes, and Bibliography; Recordings; Notes; Bibliography; Credits; General Index; Song Title Index; About the Author